Echtheit
[ˈɛçthaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Echtheit” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,308. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,308
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft einer Sache, echt zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-echtheit · Echtheit · German
Echtheit · rank #22,308 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,308
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH dämliche
Nearest frequency peer: dämliche (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Echtheit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- durchmachen
durchmachen
77,696 corpus weight
- durchschauen
durchschauen
77,695 corpus weight
- dämliche
dämliche
77,694 corpus weight
- Echtheit
Echtheit
77,693 corpus weight
- Ehepartner
Ehepartner
77,692 corpus weight
- eigenartig
eigenartig
77,691 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Echtheit” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Echtheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛçthaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Echtheit” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Echtheit (IPA [ˈɛçthaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,308 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Echtheit, with forms such as "cehtheit", "ecchtheit", and "echhteit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Echtzeit", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Echtheit, spelled E-C-H-T-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft einer Sache, echt zu sein
- 2Eigenschaft eines Gefühls oder Gefühlsausdrucks, aufrichtig und nicht nur vorgetäuscht zu sein
- 3Beständigkeit gegenüber äußeren Einflüssen wie Licht, Feuchtigkeit oder Temperatur, insbesondere bei Farben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Echtheit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Echtheit dieses Gemäldes wurde noch nicht von einem Experten überprüft.
Die Echtheit der Hitler-Tagebücher, die der Stern veröffentlichte, wurde schnell in Frage gestellt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cehtheit
- ecchtheit
- echhteit
- echhtheit
- echtehit
- echtheitt
- echtheti
- echthheit
- echthiet
- echttheit
- ecthheit
- ehctheit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Echtheit - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Echtheit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Echtzeit". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,308 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.